Interesting Muslim view on feminism

figment · 08-27-2004, 12:27 PM

ER · 08-27-2004, 2:45 PM

Interesting article for sure. Didn't Gloria Steinem eventually get married? I remember one highly vocal feminist getting married after spending years bashing the very institution.

Two things:

1. As the percentage of the population over 60 increases proportionate to the percentage of the population of working age, it will raise serious questions of how the state will fund the pensions of these elderly with a diminishing taxation base. According to Peter Peterson, chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, America’s pension and health-benefit spending will cost 17 percent of the GDP in 2030, as opposed to 10.5 percent in 1995. That’s good compared to countries like Italy, where a rapidly aging population and declining birth rate will see the GDP share to pensions rise from 19.7 percent to 33.3 percent in 2030.

Those who believe in the scam of Social Security being taken from our checks should read this. I've been saying it for awhile - SS isn't going to last another 20 years, yet the tax will remain.

2. Since this is the Religion forum, I can write this.

I believe that the further our country turns away from God and the more our morals slide, the worse conditions will get in our country. Be it God's wrath or merely His allowing us to reap what we've sown, I think the US is the greatest country in the world because of the population's faith, and I think it's going to slide as that faith goes away.

dB · 08-27-2004, 2:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ER

2. Since this is the Religion forum, I can write this.

I believe that the further our country turns away from God and the more our morals slide, the worse conditions will get in our country. Be it God's wrath or merely His allowing us to reap what we've sown, I think the US is the greatest country in the world because of the population's faith, and I think it's going to slide as that faith goes away.

Probably not a popular opinion, but one which I wholeheartedly share.

figment · 08-27-2004, 3:40 PM

Reminds me of an OT story where just one righteous man could save an entire city...

you can't have freedom without morality.